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D. o. FORNEY SMOKERY S PIPE April 4, 1967 Filed Nov. 2, 1964 I N VE NTOR. 051/252 0. Fa'eA/Ev GINA m ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,312,229 SMOKERS PIPE Denzel 0. Forney, P.0. Box 343, Junction City, Oreg. 97448 Filed Nov. 2, 1964, Ser. No. 408,248 2 Claims. (Cl. 131-229) This invention pertains to smokers pipes and is particularly directed to improvements in the pipe stems of such pipes.

One of the objects of this invention is to construct a smokers pipe with a stem which will keep the pipe dry.

Another object is to provide a smokers pipe with a stem having a particularly constructed air and smoke passage which prevents moisture from running down the pipe stem passage into the pipe bowl.

Further features and advantages of this invention will appear from a detailed description of the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a smokers pipe incorporating the features of this invention, and indicated by the line 11 in FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom view of the pipe stem indicated by the line 22 in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing one modification of the pipe stem.

FIG. 4 is similar to FIGS. 2 and 3 showing still another modification of the pipe stem.

As an example of one embodiment of this invention, there is shown a smokers pipe having the usual bowl and rearwardly extending integral stem 11 thereof having the smoke and air passage 12. The mouthpiece 13 is connected by the usual socket 14 and shank 15 with the stem 11.

An air and smoke passage 16 is formed in the mouthpiece and is aligned and in communication with the passage 12 in the stem 11. The rear end of the mouthpiece 13 has the usual bite lugs 17 and 18, the lower one 17 having a transverse groove 19. The rear portion of the air and smoke passage 16 turns downwardly at 20 opening at 21 into the transverse slot 19 at a point below the passage 16 so that fluid from the mouth cannot drain upwardly into the passages 16 and 12 and into the bowl 10.

The passage 16 may fork at 22, FIG. 2, to a plurality of openings 21. This forked arrangement is also shown in FIG. 3 but with the elimination of the transverse groove 19, FIG. 4 shows a single opening arrangement.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes preferred forms of the invention, it is also to be understood that the apparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from the spirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement and commercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendant claims are intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully set forth and described this invention what is claimed and desired to be obtained by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A smokers pipe comprising in combination:

(A) a bowl at the forward end of said pipe,

(B) a rearwardly extending integral stem on said bowl,

(C) a mouthpiece demountably connected to the rear end of said stem,

(D) said stem and mouthpiece having aligned air and smoke passageways formed therein,

(E) an upper bite lug formed on the rear end of said mouthpiece,

(F) a lower bite lug formed on the rear end of said mouthpiece located vertically below said upper bite (G) the lower surface of said lower bite lug having a downwardly opening horizontally disposed arcuate semi-circularly sectioned groove formed therein and extending from side-to-side thereof,

(H) the rear end of said mouthpiece having a vertically disposed air and smoke passageway means therein having the upper end thereof in communication with said passageway in said mouthpiece and having lower end thereof opening into said transverse groove at an intermediate location in said transverse groove.

2. In a smokers pipe as set forth in claim 1 wherein said vertically disposed air and smoke passageways means includes means providing a plurality of vertically disposed openings in said mouthpiece positioned at spaced transverse locations in said transverse slot, and means providing distinct passageways in said mouthpiece communicating therewith and with the air and smoke passageway in said mouthpiece.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 751,923 2/ 1904 Kelly 131-229 922,007 5/ 1909 Lichtblau 131229 1,489,770 4/ 1924 Lang 131229 1,527,943 2/1925 Weiss 131229 X 1,615,618 1/1927 Eaton 131-229 1,865,780 7/1932 Nairnaster 131--229 FOREIGN PATENTS 460,916 10/ 1913 France.

13,144 9/ 1887 Great Britain. 7,810 4/ 1898 Great Britain. 102,155 10/ 1917 Great Britain. 203,964 9/1923 Great Britain. 272,383 6/ 1927 Great Britain. 324,127 6/ 1930 Great Britain.

SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner.

JOSEPH S. REICH, Examiner. 

1. A SMOKER''S PIPE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A BOWL AT THE FORWARD END OF SAID PIPE, (B) A REARWARDLY EXTENDING INTEGRAL STEM ON SAID BOWL, (C) A MOUTHPIECE DEMOUNTABLY CONNECTED TO THE REAR END OF SAID STEM, (D) SAID STEM AND MOUTHPIECE HAVING ALIGNED AIR AND SMOKE PASSAGEWAYS FORMED THEREIN, (E) AN UPPER BITE LUG FORMED ON THE REAR END OF SAID MOUTHPIECE, (F) A LOWER BITE LUG FORMED ON THE REAR END OF SAID MOUTHPIECE LOCATED VERTICALLY BELOW SAID UPPER BITE LUG, (G) THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER BITE LUG HAVING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ARCUATE SEMI-CIRCULARLY SECTIONED GROOVED FORMED THEREIN AND EXTENDING FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE THEREOF, (H) THE REAR END OF SAID MOUTHPIECE HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED AIR AND SMOKE PASSAGEWAY MEANS THEREIN HAVING THE UPPER END THEREOF IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY IN SAID MOUTHPIECE AND HAVING LOWER END THEREOF OPENING INTO SAID TRANSVERSE GROOVE AT AN INTERMEDIATE LOCATION IN SAID TRANSVERSE GROOVE. 